St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-01

regular, and he fails To show up ut
O'Clock the following afternoon, or 10
notify the Sub, the latter can hold the
cases for that day, working himself or
! putting on another "suh' as he chooses.
| The same rule applies ut l o'clock the
| next afternoon, ami the Sub holds con
: troll of the cases until he is relieved ac-
| coriing to the rule. This is found ncccs-
Sary for the protection of the sub"
may have thrown in the eases" dis
| tributed the type just in time for the
regular To use, and for which he would
receive no compensation. The COM
| positOr is allowed the privilege of
! coming down any time in the
| forenoon that he chooses to throw
| in his cases. But, as rule, the
men get to the Office about noon or |
o'clock. Dead matter is matter
still in the forms that appeared in the
! paper of shat mornings distributed by
! the printers ANA everything put in
shape for the nights work. Two ana
q half to three hours are consumed in
| this work, and by Z or ) o'clock the
room is pretty well deserted and the
| printers go to supper. At $50 o'clock
| the foreman, assistant foreman. galley
| boys and printers are on hand and the
! work of The night begins. Each case
! is numbered from one up to fifty, and
cach printer has a slug numbered 10
/ correspond with his ease. The number
! alWay represents the printer himself.
/ The typo Is n0tEn0Wn Us Jones. or Smith
ur Brown, hat Is Slug S.Or: 20 or 10. Each
/ printer, when he emptieS his take" on
The galley stand, for proof TO be taken
OF 1t, puts his metal slug at tht top OF his
matter and an impression is taken
or both. y number ri Hen may be
working on the same article. 10 pre-
vent mixing them up the different arti-
G!eS are run out By the copy cutter by
letters. Teiegraphic matter from
aShlngton. for instance, is marked
W, and numbered from one consecu-
lively until the end OF that one class:
-. Paul local runs on :, Minneapolis on
VI and 50 on. Ii : matter is run out the
printer - HI einpties his take" on the
galley, after setting il in type, must put |
ais slug at the head Of il ana write on IA |
little piece of paper The number that !
was on his copy when he first get it. lie |
writes ) If that is his number and |
Lays the slip on the galley by his take. |
inen, II : should come next he would |
Go the same thing. placing his take well |
down ON the galley and leaving space for
the other takes to come. When the |
typos with ,, >, +. ) and i $ have cmpticd
their sticks the matter is closed UP by
the galley boy and taken to the proof |
press. All copy is kept separated by
this system, and il sometimes happens
th;st every letter in the alphabet is used
during night. \ galley" represents
thin board, with y smooth brass-coy-
cred surface, with elects at one end and
the sides. a supply of copy is generally
sent up to the composing room by !
o'clock. so that the copy cutter can get
1t on the hooks, and have it in proper
shape when time is called.
THIS COPY Is COLLECTED
from the editorial. telegraph and local
rooms, and generally there is "a goodly
batch Of advertisements. ADVERTISE
merits are called ''phat" They are gen
measured Just as if the type was the
tircSt used. Certain men set the adypr-
tiScmentS, because they are conceded to
be better qualified for the work. Only
small proportion of printers can set Up
Il tasty and effective advertisement. \
man must have peculiar talent in that
direction. There are five typos who
are the regular I'D men. They are
called the Syndicate. Forty per cent Of
al the advertisements set by them GOES
to the printers, and is distributed pro
rata, the syndicate getting 80 per cent,
which they divide among themselves.
y hen there is more than the usual
quantity Of advertisements, extra men
are added to the syndicate force, and
these men get their share of the entire
90 per cent. in proportion to the number
OF hours they work. But the printers
get their 10 per cent. Of all the ads that
are set. When the copy ciutpr has the
hooks ready time is called. Vii copy
other than advertisements goes on the
hook in the GLOBE Office, and each
,,r.Ir, On {al- ,I,,
Offices the ''phat Tables. heads. etc.
go around on the cases" being as
signed to one slug one night and
to the next slug on the night
following. But the CLONES rule
does hot recognize ''phat" at all.
The hooks are made UP Just as the copy |
comes up in the box, and the copy cut
ter is not supposed to know what printer
will get the first or the last take. When |
the hook IL ready the box" is shaken.
This box contains little balls numbered |
from to5l The number first drawn
out designates the typo vino has to take
copy first, aiid the others follow in r0ta-
ten. Thus there i new man for
first take" every night. Copy Eowsin
rapidly after this during cOnpositi0n
hours. and as fast a. ii disappears more
is prepared AID given in i.and, and it is
disposed Of il turn. Sometimes ii hap
peES that COPY comes in slowly. There |
is 4 rule OF the union that If copy is not |
furnished the printers must be paid for
the time they are idle Just the same as
if they had been at work. Under these
circumstances She men are allowed to
charge time ut q certain rate while
they are lille. From midnight until |
O'Clock Is the busiest time in the com
posing room. and the Office is at its best
working capacity. and from :: to 3 all are